As a matter of fact, so the record company of This Mortal Coil tells us, TMC was neither a real band nor an interesting name masking a solo artist. 'Rather it was a unique collaboration of musicians recording in various permutations,' according to 4AD Records, owned by Ivo Watts-Russell, who also - how convenient - was This Mortal Coil's frontman.
The collective made dream pop, gothic rock and ethereal new wave – all pretty vague one might think. There is little brooding however over the name of the 'band': it is taken from the famous monologue ('To be or not to be') from Shakespeare's Hamlet: the bard used the phrase mortal coil to refer to something like 'everyday worries and concerns', but it is also intrepreted as 'vale of tears'.
The collective made dream pop, gothic rock and ethereal new wave – all pretty vague one might think. There is little brooding however over the name of the 'band': it is taken from the famous monologue ('To be or not to be') from Shakespeare's Hamlet: the bard used the phrase mortal coil to refer to something like 'everyday worries and concerns', but it is also intrepreted as 'vale of tears'.Active: 1983-?, GBR
Site: http://www.4ad.com/artists/thismortalcoil/
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